The night before Marty St. Louis scored the biggest goal in Lightning history, he was searching for Sasquatch.

It was Friday, June 4, 2004, and the Lightning were having their team dinner at Ceasar’s Steakhouse in Calgary. It was the the eve of Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final. Tampa Bay wasted an opportunity to pull ahead in the series a night earlier at home in Game 5, an overtime loss, and now trailed the best-of-seven series 3-2.

The town of Calgary was ready to explode with the Stanley Cup parade route already in the works. Bike racks in the streets were up. Talk radio was buzzing.

“We felt like we were doing it,” said former Flame Rhett Warrener. “It was like, Jesus, Saturday night in Calgary. Game 6. It was supposed to be destiny. Going to the game, it was like, the stars are aligned. That Red Mile was going to have a chance to party.”

Lightning star Brad Richards was so nervous he couldn’t eat much at dinner...